Comment on YSK: US Senate offices pay attention to how many constituents are calling them on a topic. Democracy doesn't end at the ballot box

• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think the lack of correlation between public opinion and government policy is more than satisfactory to demonstrate how much our federal legislators care about your phone calls, yes.

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  • enbyecho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I think the lack of correlation between public opinion and government policy is more than satisfactory to demonstrate how much our federal legislators care about your phone calls, yes.

    I hear you and acknowledge it is frustrating. But your assumption seems to be that your view is shared by all and thus “public opinion” aligns perfectly with what you believe or at least that a majority agrees with you. We all do this because we imagine our opinions to be sensible and hey, why wouldn’t other people share them? But they don’t.

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• i_ben_fine@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have. Quite a lot. I think they actually made things worse just to spite me.

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  • enbyecho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Cool. I’m actually in the same boat. My House rep is a Republican fuckwit who’s been in office for a billion years, give or take. We agree on exactly nothing. I still call and email for the simple reason that even though he will always go with the majority opinion if I don’t do it then there will never be a chance for it to not be the majority opinion. I know it seems futile but it still important to represent our views and make sure those we disagree with aren’t the only thing the hear.

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    • Scolding7300@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What do you even write in the email?

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      • enbyecho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        “Do what I want or else…”

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